Development and transformation of social structures

Civilization: The Persian Empire

Authors: TJ Ford/ Alyssa Plesser





Theme
How does this theme apply to your civilization?
Gender roles and relations
  • Woman were able to work in the form of weaving textiles in exchange for grain, alchohol, and meat
  • Patriarchal society and men were the ones who had all the say of what happened
Family and kinship
  • Fathers taught their sons how to fight at a young age
  • It wasnt uncommon for a son and father to go into battle together
Racial and ethnic constructions
  • Slaves were regarded as the lowest you can get
  • Many were POW's from out of the area
  • Others owed a debt to someone and that was the way to pay it off
Social and economic classes
  • The main group of high class people are the mainly bureacrats and clan leaders
  • The next group were warriors and after them were peasants and slaves